lordstanley

After this series the Tigers go on the road starting with three games against the Athletics, who surprisingly are 13-7 in their past 20 and 18-12 in their past 30.

So true. I was glad the Lions got to play the Commanders as my preferred matchup in this year’s playoffs. I was glad the Mets were upset by the Cardinals in the ‘06 NLCS. I was glad the New Jersey Devils knocked out the higher-ranked Flyers to reach the ‘95 SCF and clear the path for a Red Wings championship.

Agreed. Especially since we all remember the thumping they put on the Tigers in the sweep before the All Star Game. But I’m debating in my head how much that is offset by the fact that if they do play the Tigers I’d be just a quick trip down the I-5 to be in attendance. So I’m a bit torn.

I don’t want any division leader or contender in reach of the Tigers to get hot. If I had to pick, I’d rather Seattle get hot than Houston because they have more ground they would need to make up on the Tigers. The tiebreaker advantage is only worth 1 game and the Mariners are 2 games worse than the Astros right now. Chance of the tiebreaker even coming into play is probably only around 10% or so.

And within driving distance of several markets that might travel for road games.

Royals won today but it was impossible for the magic number to have gone down today anyways. Even if the Royals had lost, the magic number with respect to Cleveland would have remained at 25.

Yes, pic of me taken at the Joe in 2009. I received the jersey as a Christmas gift in 1984, it’s the only Wings jersey I have ever had and I wear it to games to this day. Have worn it to games in Detroit, Vancouver, Denver, Chicago and Toronto. One of these days I may put together a montage from the past 41 years and post it in the Wings’ forum.

Royals lose. The Tigers' AL Central lead is back up to double digits! 10.0 games over KC, 10.5 games over Cleveland.

Guardians lose, Royals lose. Magic number is 25.

Brewers lose for the 4th time in 5 games, including 3 straight losses to the Cubs who they play again tomorrow. For funsies, let’s have the Tigers make a little run at Milwaukee for best record in baseball. The Brewers’ record is 4 games better than the Tigers’.

And I think Morton indirectly makes the bullpen stronger by freeing up Melton to get in relief innings for now instead of being used as a starter. Which in turn means Melton might be available as a starter come playoff time, if Hinch so chooses.

So Morton has made 4 starts for the Tigers now, going 6 innings in 3 of them and giving up 1, 6, 0 and 2 runs. Total of 22 1/3 IP, 3.63 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 29 Ks. He has had only one bad inning, no?

Guardian lose on a walkoff . They’re 10.5 games behind now.

Tigers sweep the Astros who are now 6 games back of the Tigers. Philadelphia just finished sweeping Seattle who are now 7.5 games back of the Tigers. Toronto dropped 2 of 3 to last place Pittsburgh and is now 1.5 games back of the Tigers. Cleveland, having only managed a split so far against Arizona, is 10.0 games back of the Tigers. Only the Royals have kept pace with the Tigers but the Royals are 9.5 games back of the Tigers and verging on irrelevance.

Sweep!! Outscored the Astros 18-2 in the three wins.

Great story, great memory.

Jays send a ball to the warning track in the 9th but lose to the Pirates.

Great job by Morton to save the inning and protect a still-big lead. 7-2 Tigers, mid 5.

Whoa, that ball should have ended the inning. Now the Astros have a chance to get right back in it.

Important inning. Morton facing the top of the order after the Astros have had the weight of the scoreless drought lifted off of their shoulders. 1 out.

Astros have a good chance to score here. Runner on 2nd with 0 outs, Correa up.

Looking good but still a lot of innings to play. No let up.

Trammell hurts himself for the second time dating back to last night’s 9th inning. 5-0 Tigers.

4-0 Tigers, still before the first out.

Watching Charlie Morton in a Tigers uniform reminds me of Kevin Costner in For The Love of the Game.